Overview
- The flight left Dublin at 5:05pm on Saturday and arrived in Johannesburg at 4am Irish time on Sunday at a disclosed cost of €585,075.
- Authorities said 54 adults—28 men and 26 women—traveled with nine children as part of family units.
- Gardaí reported that 10 of those removed had prior convictions in Ireland.
- Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said charter flights are now a routine and essential part of immigration enforcement.
- The operation was the second charter removal of 2026 and the eighth since 2025, with a family at the center of a recent protest among those on board.